Story Behind The Song
All I really wanted to say in this song is,
PLEASE support our troops.
What they do in peace and war time is an awesome task.
Those that have never served or don't know anyone that has served, just don't get it.
The sacrifice our military member
Song Description
This American Warrior comes from a military family, he proudly serves, even though his dad, served in Special Forces, and is still missing some where in Viet Nam.
This American Warrior has to live his family life through e-mails between his missions.
| Song Length |
3:26 |
Genre |
Country - Alternative, Folk - Alternative |
| Tempo |
Medium Fast (131 - 150) |
Lead Vocal |
Male Vocal |
| Mood |
In High Spirits, Ecstatic |
Subject |
Armed Forces, Pride |
| Similar Artists |
Joe Cocker, Willie Nelson |
Language |
English |
| Era |
2000 and later |
| |
Lyrics
Blue Collar Fighting Man
Artist - The Unknown Soldiers
Songwriter - Kirk Wesley Boland
PAu2-855-757
Copyright 2004, All Rights Reserved
Boland Music Group
Full Metal Jacket Music, ASCAP
www.southeastofnashvillerecords.com
VERSE
I'm a blue collar working class camouflage hero
I wear an armor plated vest, and my gun sights are zeroed
Went out on a raid this morning, just before breakfast
At noon, e-mailed my wife and kids back in west Texas
And do you know who I am
CHORUS
I'm a blue collar fighting man
Blue collar fighting man
Somalia, Kuwait, Afghanistan
Iraq, Korea, or Iran
Carry the whole world for my Uncle Sam
And I?m proud to be just who I am
I?m a blue collar fighting man
A blue collar fighting man
Fighting man
Fighting man
VERSE
Followed in the footsteps of my old man
He was an American soldier
Still missing somewhere in Vietnam
But they never told us
Sometimes the President, he calls on me
For he knows where I stand
REPEAT CHORUS
BRIDGE
I may not see you again
Till the trumpet sounds
But I know my name is written
In the only book that counts
REPEAT CHORUS